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Throwback Thursday: UIW's history can be traced to letter, call for help in 1869
SAN ANTONIO โ The foundation of the University of Incarnate Word can be traced back to a single letter in 1869, that was sent from a bishop in San Antonio to the Catholic sisters in France. The letter asked for the sisters to help take care of victims of a cholera outbreak in the city. โThe sisters and the school always emphasized science, along with the humanities and the arts,โ said Hinojosa. โAt Christmas time we celebrate, the Nativity of the Lord, which is the celebration of the word incarnate,โ Hinojosa said. โIt's been a long haul from that little letter where the mayor needed help and bishop wrote for help for the sisters.โ